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Haut Brion 2004

Graves, First Growth

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  • GBP Price: £2800.00  per Case
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  • Size: Bottle (75cl)
  • Quantities:1  Case -  0  Bottle
  • Units: 12
Scores:
Wine Advocate Wine Spectator Burghound Jancis Robinson.com International Wine Cellar
92 95 - 17 91
Tasting Notes:

The dark plum/ruby-hued 2004 Haut-Brion exhibits a noble, discrete, smoky bouquet revealing notions of plum liqueur, black currants, sweet cherries, and subtle earth. In addition to its aromatic complexity, this medium-bodied effort reveals classic elegance and delicacy as well as sweet fruit in the mouth and a long finish. Give this streamlined, civilized wine 2-4 years of bottle age and drink it over the following 20-25 years. It is amazingly similar to Haut-Brion’s 1999.

Score: 92 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate Maturity: 2009-2034

Wonderful aromas of dried flowers, currant, berries and mineral. Full-bodied, yet reserved and refined. Lovely texture, with a pure silk feel. Seamless and beautiful. Great length. Even better than from barrel. Best after 2012. 12,500 cases made.

Score: 95 James Suckling, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2012+

Very funky on the nose, not an immediate charmer, though I am shocked to see that the MWs have drained the bottle much faster than any other Graves! Didn't show very well. A disappointing bottle?

Score: 17 Jancis Robinson MW, Jancisrobinson.com Maturity: 2014-2030

Good deep ruby-red. Reticent nose showed some dark cherry with aeration. Densely packed but youthfully closed, even a bit austere today, offering hints of black raspberry and minerals. This is fairly tannic wine (the IPT is 72) but there's nothing hard about it. My sample gained in sweetness and texture with aeration, although its fruit character remained tightly wound. Give this time in a carafe if you plan to try it anytime soon. At this tasting, the '04 La Mission was showing much more personality. (91+ points)

Score: 91 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar

Tasted at the French Embassy in London. The Haut-Brion ’04 may be entering a rather awkward phase. The nose is reticent at first and demands continued coaxing from the glass. Blackberry, cranberry and leather eventually emerge, later joined by bay leaf, leather and a touch of wild heather. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe tannins, dominated by cedar and undergrowth characters. It does lack a little depth and there is a touch of piquancy towards the finish. I feel this is entering a dumb phase but will come through the other side with all guns firing. Drink 2015-2030. Tasted November 2010. (93+ Points)

Score: 93 Neal Martin, erobertparker.com Maturity: 2015-2030